Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
Location
Nashville, Tennessee United States
District information
Type	Public school
Grades	Pre-K - 12
Established	1855
Superintendent	Chris Henson (Interim)
Students and staff
Students	86,000
Teachers	5,786
Staff	4,227
Other information
Size	42nd largest school district in the nation^[1]
Website	http://www.mnps.org

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, or MNPS, is a school district that serves the city of Nashville, Tennessee and Davidson County. More than 82,000 students are currently enrolled in the district's 73 elementary schools, 33 middle schools, 25 high schools, 18 charter schools, and 8 specialty schools.

Demographics

There are approximately 82,000 students enrolled. As of the 2013-2014 school year, the MNPS System is 32% Caucasian, 45% African-American, 19% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 0.26% other.^[2]

History

Metro Nashville Public Schools traces its roots to 1855, when Hume School opened its doors. In 1963, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools officially formed with the unification of Nashville and Davidson County schools.^[3] The district today includes 155 schools, offering instruction from Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade, with high schools also offering college-level credits.

Academics

More than 99 percent of MNPS teachers meet federal standards in at least one subject, with 98.90 percent of classes taught by a highly qualified instructor. The average teacher experience is 13.0 years at the elementary level, 11.5 years at the middle school level, and 14.0 years at the high school level. A total of 39.83 percent of MNPS teachers have a bachelor's degree, 36.67 percent have a master's degree, 18.81 percent have Master's plus, and 4.6 percent have a doctorate degree.

Current enrollment reflects a diverse spectrum of backgrounds. Students represent more than 100 countries and speak languages from more than 100 language groups. MNPS currently has the prestigious International Baccalaureate programs in nine schools and its teachers routinely earn state and national honors for excellence in the classroom. Also of note are the prestigious magnet schools Hume-Fogg, Nashville School of the Arts, and Martin Luther King, which Newsweek consistently ranks among the top fifty in the nation.

As of July 1, 2016, Dr. Shawn Joseph is the Director of Schools for MNPS.^[4]

The Board of Education is composed of nine elected members, each serving 4-year terms, and each coming from one of the nine districts in the city and also two student board members elected by the district's director's student advisory council.

MNPS School Board

Chair: Sharon Dixon Gentry

Vice Chair: Elissa Kim

District	Member	Website
1	Sharon Dixon Gentry	http://www.mnps.org/resources/c82c92e45f2a74e13745a49013852ec4
2	Dr. Jo Ann Brannon	http://www.mnps.org/resources/e6621d12f96fff903745a49013852ec4
3	Jill Speering	http://www.mnps.org/resources/ac8210625294426b3745a49013852ec4
4	Anna Shepherd	http://www.mnps.org/resources/b652a00b9178b3003745a49013852ec4
5	Elissa Kim	http://www.mnps.org/resources/2e66db58f3a5a1923745a49013852ec4
6	Tyese Hunter	http://www.mnps.org/resources/d104b1705beb9fb03745a49013852ec4
7	Will Pinkston	http://www.mnps.org/resources/22160a487e4c15783745a49013852ec4
8	Mary Pierce	http://www.mnps.org/resources/6ac39296394812c53745a49013852ec4
9	Amy Frogge	http://www.mnps.org/resources/499194314d8685a63745a49013852ec4

References

↑ 2013-14 MNPS Annual Report
↑ "FACTS" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-12-20.
↑ "History". MNPS. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
↑ Gonzales, Jason. "Shawn Joseph is Nashville's new schools chief".

External links

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools

High Schools	Academy at Old Cockrill Antioch Cane Ridge East Nashville Glencliff Hillsboro Hillwood Hume-Fogg Hunters Lane Martin Luther King Maplewood McGavock Middle College Nashville Big Picture Nashville School of the Arts John Overton Pearl-Cohn Stratford Whites Creek

Middle Schools	Margaret Allen Antioch Apollo Bailey Bass Jere Baxter Bellevue Brick Church Cameron I.T. Creswell Croft Donelson DuPont Hadley DuPont Tyler John Early East Nashville Ewing Park Goodlettsville Gra-Mar Haynes Head H.G. Hill Joelton J.F. Kennedy KIPP Litton Madison Thurgood Marshall McKissack McMurray Meigs Moore Neely's Bend Rose Park Two Rivers Martha Vaught West End William Henry Oliver Wright

Elementary Schools	Amqui Bellshire Binkley Brookmeade Buena Vista Caldwell Carter-Lawrence Cane Ridge Chadwell Charlotte Park Cockrill Cole Hattie Cotton Crieve Hall Cumberland Dodson DuPont Eakin Thomas Edison Fall-Hamilton Gateway Glencliff Glendale Glengarry Glenn Glenview Goodlettsville Gower Granbery Alex Green Julia Green Harpeth Valley Haywood Hermitage Hickman Cora Howe Hull-Jackson Inglewood Andrew Jackson Joelton Jones Paideia Tom Joy A.Z. Kelley Kirkpatrick Lakeview Lillard Lockeland Ruby Major Maxwell McGavock Mills Moss Mt. View Napier Neely's Bend Old Center Paragon Mills Park Avenue Pennington Percy Priest Rosebank Shayne Shwab Smithson-Craighead Smith Springs Stanford Stratton Sylvan Park Tulip Grove Tusculum Una Warner Waverly-Belmont Westmeade Whitsitt

Alternative Learning Centers	Baxter Cohn McCann

Special Education Schools	Harris-Hillman Cora Howe Murrell Johnson

Charter Elementary Schools	Drexel Preparatory East End Preparatory Explore! Community School Nashville Classical Purpose Preparatory Smithson-Craighead Academy

Charter Middle Schools	Boy's Preparatory Brick Church College Preparatory Cameron Preparatory Intrepid Preparatory KIPP Academy Nashville KIPP College Preparatory Knowledge Academy LEAD Academy LEAD Preparatory Southeast Liberty Collegiate Academy Nashville Academy of Computer Science Nashville Preparatory New Vision Academy STEM Preparatory Academy Valor Collegiate Academy

Charter High Schools	KIPP Nashville Collegiate High School LEAD Academy

Former High Schools	North High School Pearl High School Meigs High School Cameron High School Madison High School Goodletsville High School Cohn High School Litton High School Nashville Central High School Bellevue High School Donelson High School West High School Dupont High School Two Rivers High School Joelton High School Cumberland High School

Other Historical Schools	Parmer Elementary Tarbox School New Hominy School Washington Junior High Woodmont Elementary

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